Astros manager AJ Hinch on the allegation that his team was whistling in the dugout to relay signs in Game 1: “It made me laugh. Because it’s ridiculous. Had I known it would take something like that to set off the Yankees, we would’ve practiced that in spring training.”
This is the reaction AJ Hinch gave when asked about his team doing something not on the “up and up” during the ALCS this year. Unbelievable. We now know that the Astros have been cheating, as far back as their 2017 title year.
Obviously, there is some sign stealing going on throughout the league, and that will always be true as long as the game of baseball is being played, but MLB has made it clear that using video and technology to do it is unacceptable.